Novartis Ag

Erich Studer

Andrew Mark Bryant

Alain Schmidlin

Samuel Coendet

Gabriel Iobbi

Johannes Egger

Tobias Wohlfahrt

Agathe Buffard

Mads Sabra

Muriel Didier

Mario Iobbi

Rajan Patel

Chinmay Deodhar

Main Schmidlin

Vivek Gajera

Prakash Parmar

The invention concerns an injector device (), comprising access means () configured to selectively allow and prevent a cartridge () storing a pharmaceutical product () from being removed from the injector device (), a self-test unit () configured to cause a self-test of at least one of an electronic component and an electronic assembly of the injector device (), and a control unit () configured to control the access means () to allow the cartridge () to be removed from the injector device () in case the self-test has failed.

Injector device

The present disclosure relates to a system () for use of a pharmaceutical product. The system comprises a container () accommodating a pharmaceutical product, the container () comprising a wireless communication unit () and a memory () which stores pairing-specific information for one or more medical devices (), and a medical device () enabled for wireless communication with the wireless communication unit () of the container () and configured to read the pairing-specific information from the memory () of the container () to verify whether the container () is permitted to be used by the medical device ().

System for use of a pharmaceutical product

A medical device () comprises a container receiver unit () configured to receive and hold a container (), wherein the container () accommodates a pharmaceutical product () and comprises a first communication tag () configured to store information regarding the pharmaceutical product (), a reader unit () configured to wirelessly read the information from the first communication tag (), and a control unit () configured to control the medical device () based on the information read from the first communication tag (). The medical device () further comprises an opening or a transparent window () allowing to at least partially see from the outside the container () inserted into the container receiver unit (), wherein the reader unit () comprises a first antenna unit (), and the container () inserted into the container receiver unit () is located between (i) the opening or the transparent window () and (ii) the first antenna unit ().

Medical device, programming device, wireless terminal, and medical system

The present disclosure relates to a system () for administering a pharmaceutical product. The system comprises a container () accommodating a pharmaceutical product. The container () comprises a wireless communication unit () and a memory () which stores an administration scheme specifically adapted to the pharmaceutical product accommodated in the container (). The administration scheme specifies at least one administration-related parameter to be adhered to in administering the pharmaceutical product to a patient. The system further comprises a wireless communication device () configured to read the administration scheme from the memory () of the container () and to perform at least one action based on the administration scheme.

System for administering a pharmaceutical product

Auto-injector

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Basel, Switzerland

Erich Studer